Derek Holland was a tough luck loser on a cold Friday night as the Twins moved to 4-0 with a 3-1 victory. But it’s a rebuild, so the important part of this is that he pitched well enough to earn the distinction, and for a moment it looked like he would earn more.

After Holland ripped through a perfect first inning, Tyler Saladino led off the White Sox attack with a missile that was snagged at the center field wall by a falling Byron Buxton, and was quickly followed by three straight singles from Tim Anderson, Melky Cabrera and Jose Abreu to put the Sox up 1-0. Only another show-stopping catch from Buxton kept a Cody Asche deep drive from blowing the game open early.

“That’s a heck of a couple plays there,” Saladino said afterward. “That’s going to happen. That guy can fly, cover ground. Credit to him getting there to those balls. Yeah, it could have gone otherwise, but that’s part of baseball.”

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